The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-26 00:00:00

STATE OF MEXICO, (Fro;n eke Times' Correspondent.) MEXICO, Sept. 10. As it is generally believed that a company has been formed in England for constructing a railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico, a short synopsis of the decree conferring the privilege upon Mr Escandon may not be out of place. The decree was given by Juarez and bears date the sth of April, 1861. By it an exclusive privilege is granted to Antonio Escandon to make a railroad from Vera Cruz to any port on the Pacific coast—the line as far as prat• ticable to pass through the most important agricul. tural and mineral districts, and when it does not touch the principal towns branches to be made to connect them ; the right of establishing branch lines within a radius of 25 leagues on either side of the main line, such branches to be first approved by Government. All public lands required for the line, stations, &c., to be given free and in perpetuity, those belonging to municipalities to be valued and paid for in shares, and those belonging to individuals to be valued and paid for in cash. Materials used in the construction, carriages, engines, &c., to be free of all duties for 30 years, and immunity from all rates and taxes during 50 years. Exportation duty free of specie to the amount in value of the materials im ported. The directors, employes, and workmen to be exempt from all military and municipal duties, All mines discovered in the construction of the line to be the property of the railroad and worked ac. cording to the mineria laws. The company to fix its own tariff of charges and rates, both for goods and passengers, without any interference on the part of Government. M. Escandon to be at liberty to mortgage the line with the consent of the Alexis can Government, or to form any company in Eu rope or America in any number of shares. Confirs mation of the purchase of the line San Juan for 750,000, The line between Mexico and Puebla to be in working order within the space of five years, and the works begun at Vera Cruz also to be con. tinned under a penalty of 300,000 dols. The route to be followed by the line from Mexico to Vera Cruz having been approved, the continuation to the Pacific to be afterwards fixed. To assist these works the Government creates a new consolidated fund of 8,000,000 dols., rcpreaeuted by bonds to be called " bonds for the construction of the railroad from Vera Cruz to Mtxico," such bonds to carry interest . - at the rate of 5 per cent., and the capital to be paid off in 25 years. To meet this interest and amorti zation, 560,000 dole. is to be set aside annually, the Supreme Government solemnly promising that the payment of the 5 per cent. and amortization shall be regularly made without any suspension or reduc. tion, and irrespective of any alteration in the na tional debt. To render this stipulation the more secure and effective the Government appropriates for this purpose 20 per cent, of the maritime Cus• tom-houses set aside for " mejoras materiales" (pub lic works), and if this should not prove sufficient the residue to be taken from the public revenue ; further, to secure the accomplishment of the above, the said 20 per cent, is to be represented by paper issued by the Minister of Foment°, and no im porter is to be allowed to make payment of this 20 per cent., so set aside for public works, expect in this paper. The Minister of Fomento to hand over to the company such an amount of this paper as they may require, and the company always to have in the ports and the city of Mexico sufficient for the public use. The directors of the Customs houses to remit by each post to the Minister of Fomento the paper presented to them in payment of the duties, and the Minister to settle with the company every six months the amount of intea rest and amortisation on the 8,000,000 dole., any surplus received by the company to be paid in cash. Antonia Escandon to commence the con struction of the line from Mexico to Puebla within two months 'at latest, to maintain during eight months in each year not less than 400 workmen, and during the rains sufficient to keep the works in repair. The line between Mexico and Puebla com pleted, the manner and time in which the other sections are to be executed to be fixed by mutual consent between the Government and the company. The above obligations not to be binding on the com pany if prevented working by force, r,r if the funds assigned for the payment of the interest and amorti sation on the 8,000,000 dols. is not regularly paid. The Government to consider itself in no respect a partner as regards the 20_per cent, but renounces any such right, having assigned the same for the payment of the 8,000,000 dots., and for no other object. The privilege to be forfeited—first, by assignment or mortgage to any foreign Government ; secondly, by mortgaging the enterprise to an indi vidual or corporation without the consent of Government; and, thirdly, by not complying with the obligations for commencing workings, &c., this not to prohibit the emiesion and eale of shares to a foreign company. Further, to foment and expedite the construction of the line, the Government agree to become subscribers to the undertaking, paying for their shares by a further allotment, for five years, of 15 per cent on the Custom-houses. The decree also contains a clause ceding to Ans tonio Eicandon half the waste lands in the State of Sonora, but this has since been given up. The effect of this decree is to confer upon Mr Escandon in perpetuity the exclusive right of con structing a railroad from Vera Cruz through Mexico to any port on the Pacific, giving him a bonus of eight millions of dollars for so doing, and enabling him to fix for ever and ever both for goods and pas sengers, such rates and charges as he may think fit, Of course such a concession, with a settled state of things, would be of very great value, but I have yet to learn that it has received the sanction of the Imperial Government. The Emperor, at last dateq, was still at Trapuato, a small town about ten longues from Guannxuato, where he had been detained nearly a fortnight, hav• ing suffered from a very severe attack of cold and sore throat, common to those who travel during the rains in this country. He has been everywhere re ceived with the greatest enthusiasm. Whether he will extend his journey as far as Guadalajara ap- pears to me more than doubtful, as his presence is much required in the capital to keep the different commissioners up to their work. Mexicans talk a great deal, but do very little. Their maxim is never to do today what can by possibility be put off to tomorrow, and I much fear that, unless the Finance Commission accelerates its pace very considerably, the Emperor upon his return will find himself under the painful necessity of forming his own Budget, leaving any valuable dicta they may emit to form the basis for legislation a year or two hence. The last accounts from the interior inform us that Monterey bad been occupied by the forces under General Castagny without a shot being fired. The place was found strongly fortified with upwards of 50 pieces of heavy artillery in position. Juarez is believed to have started in the direction of Chihua- has, although some maintain that he is wending his way towards the River Brave del Nort, with the view of getting as quickly as possible to New Or leans or the United States. Doblado, who is now safe and sound in New York, has offered to make his submission upon the follow ing terms :—To be secured in the possession of all his property, a perfect oblivion for all past offences, and a French escort to be sent to any part he may name to convey him safely to the capital. Moderate, certainly, for a man who has fought it out to the last ! Tho Emperor has very properly replied that M. Doblado is free to avail himself of the general amnesty granted to all political offenders by his pro clamation of the 6th of June; but that, his property must remain subjected to the laws of the country. The amount of church and charity property pos sessed by this disinterested patriot is enormous, and it would be vain to attempt a revision under the law of Juarez as against others if such a man was allowed to r e t a i n hi s ill. gotten The Reeisk r , a journal published in Vera Cruz, states "that of late many emigrants have landed that port, and, not finding employment, have re.embarkcd by the following packet." If people Fiupposo that the scept re in the hands of Man power o f a magician ' s wand, milian is to have the and by one wave restore peace and prosperity to a country convulsed by 40 years of revolution, they will and themselves grievously mistak en ., M uc h has to be done before Mc x ieo can bo said to be in a fit state for the reception of emigrants, and it is therefore that I would caution my own countrymen at least from emLarking in an enterprise which can only end in failure and disappointment. When the Government has as certained the waste lands it has at its disposal, when agents have been appointed at the differ rent ports, when provision has been made for colonists on their landing, and means of transport organised, then will be the time for emigrants to flock towards this country; but then, and not till then, can I advise Europeans to cast in their lot with Mexico. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Oct. 21.—The Admiralty yacht En chantress, Staff-Commander John E. Petley, having on board the Duke of Somerset, K.G., Rear-Ad miral the Hon, James Robert Drummond, C. 8., and Mr H. C. E. Childers, M.P., Lords of the Ad miralty, Rear-Admiral Robert S. Robinson, Capt. Hore, R.N., Major Clarke, R. E. Lord Edward St. Maur, and Mr Alfred Buckley, left port on Mon day last for Monday last for England, touching at Algiers and Gibraltar. She passed through the principal ships of the Mediterranean fleet—consist ing of Gibraltar, 81, flag of the Commander-in- Chief; Revenge, 73, flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C.B. ; the Meanee, 60 ; Royal Oak, 35 ; the ironclad Resistance, 16; the ironclad Orlando, 46; the Magicienne, 16 ; the Chanticleer, 17 ; the Racer, 11—which had preceded her, and extended itself outside the harbour in two lines. The flag. ship of Vice-Admiral Smart gave her a parting salute, and all the ships manned yards. The Com mander-in-Chief returned into port the same even• ing on board the Psyche, Lieut.-Commander R. Sterne, on which vessel he continued to hoist his flag till the return of the fleet on Thursday, when it was again transferred to the Gibraltar. The Orlando re.entered on Monday evening, for the purpose of giving leave to the men. The Racer went on to Tanis. It is reported that the decision of their lordships on the great naval dock question is in favour of the views of the naval officers and engineers who have given an opinion on the sub ject. It is at the same time in consonance with the wiehea of the Chamber of Commerce and the intel ligent portion of the population. There is to be no naval dock in mercantile waters. The docks, which, it is said, will be three in number, are to be con• structed in the French Creek, not far from the spot indicated by M'Clean. In order as much as possible to avoid disturbing the merchant shipping in the French Creek,the formation of the docks will be com menced inland, while at the same time the works at the Mersa will be pushed on so as to accommodate as soon as possible a portion at least of the merchant shipping. When the Mersa extension is ready the French Creek will be given over to the navy. The Marlborough, 121, Capt. C. Fellowes, left port on Thursday week last forEr gland to be paid off, taking with her the following passengers :—Lieut. H. B. Winter, 2d battalion 7th Regiment-1 officer and 72 soldiers of the Royal Artillery-1 sergeant, Royal Engineers-1 soldier, 2d battalion 4th Regiment -1 sergeant and 5 soldiers, 2d battalion 7th Regiment —1 sergeant and 3 soldiers, 2d battalion Bth Regi ment-12 soldiers, Ist battalion 22d Regiment-1 corporal and 3 soldiers, 2d battalion 22d Regiment —1 corporal, 2d battalion 4th Regiment-3 women and I children, Mrs Berry and 3 children, Mrs A. Irving, Mrs Zeidler, Mrs Abery and son. Lieut. Hartwell, R.N., left by the Milano, on Monday, for Sicily and Italy. Sir - William Smith, K.C.8., formerly chief of her _Majesty's Commissariat De partment, arrived last week, with Lady Smith and family, from England to pass the winter at Malta. The following have also arrived during the week— The Hon. Mr Legh, Capt. Whiffing, Lieut. O'Grady Haly, A.D.C.—Capt. Sesino, R.111.F.A., and Lieut. Col. Malassez. The Italian corvettes, training ships, Cristina, Captain Cavaliers F. Montemayer, and Zafiro, Capt. Cavaliere S. Solari, arrived here on Monday from Corfu, and left on Thursday for Sicily. They gave and received the usual salutes, and on passing the ships of the English fleet outside again saluted the English flag as a parting compliment. The sailing frigate Iris, 26, attached to the re serve in Chatham harbour, having been handed over by the Admiralty to the Atlantic Telegraph Company, to be used in the shipment of the Atlantic telegraph cNble on board the Great E Istern, the nating mas'iirlg shear's were yesterd3y towed down from Chatham Dockyard to the Iris, for the purpose of lifting out the boilers for the screw gun vessel Myrmidon, 5, 200-horse power, which have been shipped on board that frigate until the Myr midon is ready to receive them on board. The boilers were afterwards transferred to the upper deck of the floating battery Thunder, 14, which is moored in the harbour, off Upnor Castle. The Cadmus, 21, 400-horse power, landed her two screw propellers at Chatham Dockyard yester day, where they are to undergo some alterations before they are again placed on board. They are both old Admiralty blades, one pair having the l=ading corners cat off to assimilate it to the Griffiths blade. At the late trials of the Cadmus under steam at the Maplin Sands the new Griffiths screw with which she had been fitted worked so unsatisfactorily, after two trials, that it has been unshipped and returned to Woolwich. The Cad mus will be detained about a week or ten days at Chatham while the alterations to her propellers are being carried out by the engineer department at the dockyard. The Chesapeake, 39, 400-horse power screw frigate, attached to the second division of the Steam Reserve, is to be docked in the vacant dock at Chatham, to undergo a thorough repair in her engines and machinery, preparatory to being brought forward for commission. She will be floated into N 0.3 dock during the approaching spring tides. Tier Majesty's screw corvette Niger, 13 guns, at Woolwich, is now completed, and is again ready for the pennant. She is comparatively a new vessel, and was yesterday placed in the firstsclass Steam Reserve, commanded by Commander Luke, at Woolwich. The Lord Vivan, War Department vessel, yes terday completed shipping a cargo of general war stores at Woolwich for Dublin. The iron screw steamship Achilles, Capt.Ee ward W.Vansittart, from Torbay, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday afternoon. The Swedish screw steam frigate Vanadis, Capt. Melander, left Plymouth Sound on Monday afters noon for Gibraltar. The first-class, A division, gentlemen cadets at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (45 in number) went down to Shoeburyness yesterday, in command of Major C. H. Owen, R.A., for the purer pose of going through a course of Armstrong long range gunnery. By a new regulation issued by the Commander-in• Chief the whole of the classes will undergo similar instruction, following each other in succession. Orders were yesterday received by Gen. \Verde, C.B, commanding at Woolwich, to give instructions for the commencement of the werkly " marching out" of the garrison troops, to take place on Wed nesday, weather permitting. Officers commanding brigades and divisions are to be careful in drawing up and forwarding weekly statements.of the result. A detachment consisting of 50 recruits and five old soldiers was yesterday dispatched to Deal to join the depot from the Woolwich division of Itlyal Marine Light Infantry. A number of 12 pounder, 18 pounder, 32 pounder, and 100 pounder gun clrriages and platforms and other stores were yesterday dispatched from Woolwich Arsenal to St. Katharine's Docks to he shipped on board the transport Polly for the Mau ritius. A notification has been promulgated at Chatham Dockyard that there will be a competitive examina tion for the admission of apprentices to that esta blishment during the month of January next, under the new regulations laid down by the Admiralty. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :--Walter Ash, engineer, to the Ex , , cellent, for the Royal Sovereign--J. W. M'Kenzie, engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary—Joh n Dinwoodie, assist-engineer, to the Excellent, for the Royal Sovereign—Henry Onions, assist.-en. gineer, to the Asia, for the Royal Alfred—E. E. Lucas, assist,-engineer, to the Asia, for the Mersey —and John A. IL Marcus, assist,engincer, to the for the Octavio—Henry Gilpin, paymaster, to the Clio—Charles F. Buchan, acting assist.-surg., to the Himalaya ; Dr Pierce Mansfield, assist..surg., to Plymouth Hospital—Andrew M'Farlane, chief engineer to the Asia, for the Vesuvius, when paid off—Samuel E Singer, promoted to chief engineer, and appointed to the Indus, for the Beahorse—and Francis E. Juliani in the Donegal, promoted to engineer. IME SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1864. The Storm and Floods in the North, The great storm which passed along the shores of the Firth of Forth on Saturday and Sunday, and which told with such disastrous effects on the shipping in the estuary, has entirely abated. The weather during the whole of yes terday was of a most propitious character, and afforded a complete and agreeable contrast to that:of the past few days, being fair and dry, and genial considering the advanced season of the year, STATE OF TRADE. MANCEIESTER, Oct. 25.—1 n the market for ships ping yarns there is very little change for the bet ter. Some few sales have been made, bat at ruinously low prices to producers, and but for these sales our market would again have been a Yank. Great distrust prevails, and few people appear dis posed to go into any operations of moment at pre sent. Home trade yarns have been a little improved by the movement in the Liverpool cotton market, but prices are very little changed from the current rates of Friday. Spinners show a disposition to sell, but the business of the day has not been an average one. The excitement in the Liverpool cotton market has had more effect upon the cloth than the yarn market, and has to some extent checked the downward tendency of prices. It has also had the effect of bringing buyers into the market to some extent, and offers are made for cloths somewhat more freely, at old rates, leading in some instances to a fair amount of business. There is an unwillingness, however, to pay such an advance as would cover the rise in the cotton mar ket, otherwise the transactions of the day would probably have reached a considerable amount. The inquiry has been of a very general character, in• eluding most of the staples suitable for India, and a very large number of buyers have appeared willing to invest eapital in cotton goods at present prices. The quotations of sellers have been considerably reduced since last Tuesday ; but still the sales made have been a little above the lowest point we had reached up to yesterday. With a rather better feeling among both buyers and sellers in consequence of the change at Liverpool, still the movement there is regarded merely as a speculative one, and not as one likely to be long.lived, if indeed, it does not meet with a severe check. The better business in cloth to day, in fact, is only the natural result of a fear that prices for the present have touched the lowest, and this has precipitated a number of orders on the market that were holding in suspense. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" Our mar ket has to tome extent responded to the improve , . ment in Liverpool, and we have to-day a good in quiry for all Indian staples. A large business might be done at the existing low rates, but buyers are un willing to give the advanced prices asked by manufacturers." LEEDS, 25th—The woollen-cloth trade keeps quiet, but to-day's markets in the cloth-halls have been as active as those of the past few weeks. A few parcels of both heavy and medium goods changed hands, and a sprinkling of the finer quali ties of blacks were all sold, with a few cloakings, making up altogether a tolerable quantity of mis cellaneous fabrics. The manufacturers complain of a paucity of orders for spring goods, upon which many of them are engegdd. There is a little slack• ness among dressers and finishers, consequent on the falling off of sales, and dyers, too, are not so busy as they were a month ago. It appears pro bable that the woollen trade of the West Riding will not undergo much improvement till the spring trade sets in. In the meantime there is neither absolute depression and buoyancy, but the business doing is of a very legitimate character. Both goods and wools keep tolerably steady in price. Tne flax trade is moderately active, but not to the same ex tent it was a month ago. The flatness of the cotton market and the state of the woollen do not tend to improve any other textile manufacture. Mr. Albert Samuel Saalfeld, woollen merchant, of this town, whose affairs have more than once been referred to in those reports, surrendered himself under a fiat of bankruptcy in the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy yesterday. His estate is not likely to pay more than 4s. or ss. in the pound. The Leeds Banking Company are creditors to about two-thirds of the whole of Mr Saalfeld's debts. As to the affairs of the Leeds Banking Company itself, they are generally viewed in a more favourable aspect than they were, and even the largest shareholders - are not so apprehensive --as- they were as to the amount of their calls.' It is understood that persons indebted to the bank 'Eire making their payments, even before the full appointment of the liquidator, quite as well as could be expected, or even better. NOTTTNGHAM, 25th.—At this Exchange hall to day there was about an average attendance. The demand for lace yarns was limited, bat the full rates of last week were maintained. For hosiery yarns the demand was very dull ; prices, however, under went no material change. Silks quiet, but firm. The demand for brown nets continues very flat, and there is no immediate prospect of any improvement. Prices may be quoted the turn in favour of the buyer. ROCHDALE, 24th.—Thongh this is a season when a good deal of ordinary flannel is usually bought, there is really less business doing by the wholesale houses than there has been for some time past. This arises in part from the amount of stocks in hand, which must be cleared off before purchases become brisk, and also from the tightness of the money market, and the late reduction in the price of cot ton. Manufacturers are beginning to lessen their rate of production, but not yet to any great extent. To-day's market was thinly attended by buyers, and they purchased but a small quantity of goods. In general prices were the same as last week, but to effect sales a slight reduction was in many in stances submitted to. Yorkshire goods as well as fl anne ls were in small request, and some of the ma nufacturers are running their mills short time. The wool market participates in the quietness, and prices are slightly easier. The steam frigate Labrador has arrived at Toulon from Algiers, having suffered so greatly from bad weather that she is now obliged to go into dock for repairs to her hull, rigging, and engines. Out of 130 horses which she had to carry from Algiers to Oran, only five were landed at the latter port in good condition. Eighteen were killed outright, and the remainder suffered so much that on land ing they had to be placed, half dead, under the care of the veterinary surgeons. The Labrador was forced, it may be remembered, to put into Barcelona from stress of weather. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—At the last sitting a paper was received from Dr Blanchet on three curious cases of constitutional lethargic slumber. One of them was that of a lady, 24 years of age, who hav ing slept for 40 days at the age of 18, and 50 days at the age of 20 during her honeymoon, at length had a fit of sleep which lasted nearly a whole year, from Easter Sunday, 1862, to March, 1863. During this long period, a false front tooth had to be taken out in order to introduce milk and broth into her mouth. This was her only food ; she remained motionless, insensible, and all her muscles were in a state of contraction. Her pulse was low, her breathing scarcely perceptible; there were no eva cuations, no leanness ; her coraplexion was florid and healthy. The other cases were exactly similar. Dr; Blan chet is of opinion that in such oases no stimulants or forced motion ought to be employed. M. Lecoq communicated his observations on the mineral waters existing in the centre of France, which never was covered by the sea, and presents the characteristics of a strong volcanic action. The number of mineral springs discovered by him amounts to 512, a number which he considers to be still incomplete. The majority of these springs are grouped together ; large lines of fracture along the surface, chiefly lying north and south, mark series of mineral waters. Two of these lines follow the primitive steep declivities of the Limague, and another skirts the sinuosities of the Allier. Most of the springs are rich in bi-carbonate of lime and bi • carbonate of soda. M. Bache sent in a map of the magnetic lines of Pennsylvania, intended for a work on the subject now in the press. A letter was read from M. de Blocque ville, who, after a long stay in Turkestan, where he was kept by the wandering tribes, has now returned to France, the French Government having forced Persia to negotiate with those tribes fur his deliverance. M. do Blocqueville accompanies his letter with a series of highly interesting documents concerning Turkestan—ho being the only Euro peen able to give a correct idea of that country, which i, not even accessible to the Affghans without danger. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Old sores, wounds, and ulcers.—lt is surprising how quickly any sore, ulcer, or wound drains away the body's strength, and unfits it for the duties of life; but it is no less wonder ful to watch how these tropical afflictions improve on the application of Holloway's healing ointment. It has achieved the surest and most glorious triumphs over bad legs, foul ulcerations, and knotted veins, which had con founded the faculty, and well nigh worn out their victims. It creates sound flesh, and therefore makes its cures com plete. When this ointment is properly applied, and assisted by appropriate doses of the pills, the pain, inflammation, and other morbid manifestations soon disappear from the affected part, and health and strength return. TIIE WRECKS AT GRANTON, The vessels driven ashore at Granton during the height of the gale on Saturday night were yesterday visited by large numbers of persons from Edinburgh and the vicinity. The farthest east of the wrecks are those of the brig Eliza Hall, of Whitby, and the Hanoverian galliot Dorothea, which were driven in at the back of the east breakwater of Granton Harbour. The Eliza Hall was commanded by Capt. Carr, and was bound from Gefle for London with a cargo of wood and iron. She had run to the Forth for shelter, but parted her cables, and drove ashore at an early hour on Sunday morning. Her crow, 8 in number, were taken off by a party of officers and men from the Victoria, revenue cutter, and the Princess Royal, fishery cutter, who got a line on board the ship, and then drew the men ashore singly in a sling. Shortly after the vessel struck her main mast went over the side, and she thumped so heavily that her bottom and the side on which she lay were Merrily ground out,and she now lies a total wreck, with the remains of her spars and rigging floating round her, and threaten ing the entire destruction of the portion of the hull that has held together. The crew have saved their effects, and the greater portion of the sails and running rigging have been got ashore. After striking the vessel drove up some dis tance, and what remains of her is now within 200 yards of the railway embankment. The Dorothea, Captain Sathoft, lies on the inside of the Eliza Hall, and her lighter draught of water allowed her to drift upon a bank of sand accumulated in the corner formed by the railway embankment, and to this fact her escape from total destruction is owing. As it is she has sustained very ex tensive injuries to her bottom, but it is expected that, should the weather continue favourable, she will be got off. Her spars and rigging are all standing. During the height of the gale three small vessels drove from their moorings, and on to the beach in the west harbour of Granton. These were the schooner Fann, of Granton, which has sustained some damage to her false keel ; the sloop Providence, of Leith, several planks sprung, and leaking badly; and the sloop Ant, of Granton, which has sustained very slight injuries. Three small boats and two lighters, all of which are more or less damaged, were also stranded in the harbour. At the inner end of the west pier of Granton lies the Danish schooner Victoria, Captain Jense, from Amsterdam, in ballast. She drove from her anchorage, and came ashore at nine o'clock on Saturday night. Four of her crew were rescued by persons on shore, but the fifth was drowned. The vessel is a total wreck, The Norwegian brig Johanna Margaretta lies about a quarter of a mile further west, and immediately under the Caroline Park Battery. This vessel, commanded by Captain Lawsen, was bound for Longsund, from Dundee, in ballast, and while riding under the Lee of Inchkeith, with two anchors out, one of the cables parted, and the other anchor not out, having got a hold was dragged, and between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday night she took the ground about 200 yards fur ther eastward than she now lies, but drifted westwards with the flood tide. Her crew landed in their own skiff on Sunday afternoon, and have since saved their effects. The hull of the vessel is very much damaged, and she has not a spar standing. With favourable weather it is thought probable that she will be got off. The brig Bogamillia, of Mecklenburg, Capt. Hoinaymown, bound to Dantzic with a cargo of coal from Shields, parted both anchors on Satur day night, and drove on shore a short distance to the west of Granton Quarry. Her crew came on shore in their own boat at four o'clock on Sunday morning. On the vessel taking the ground the mainmast was cut away in order to ease the vessel, but she settled down into the sand, and the sea made a clean breach over her, tend she is likely to become a total wreck. This completes the catalogue of disasters at Granton, and it is fortunate that, though so many lives were exposed to imminent peril, only ono has been lost. The shore is strewn with wreck, but such was the violence of the storm that the fragments aro of the smallest dimensions, and scarcely worth the trouble of collection by any one save the few industrious fishwives and children who yesterday occupied themselves therewith. The Vanguard steamer, concerning which distressing rumours were prevalent in the city on Saturday and Sunday, arrived at Granton yesterday morning at half-past 7 o'clock —all well. She left Thurso on Saturday morning, but on proceeding as far as Dunnet Herd it was found impossible to face the sea that was running, and she ran for Longhope, where she remained until Sunday morning, when she started for the south. She was unable to called either Wick or Aberdeen, and ran right on to Granton. Fears are entertained that all the disasters caused by the storm have not yet been made known. Large quantities of bones and coals were cast ashore along the beach at Leith, at the back of the east pier and now docks yesterday, which has led to the supposition that one or two vessels have been wracked in the Firth, and that the materials picked up are parts of their cargoes. All the east sands are covered with immense quantities of seaweed driven ashore by the storm and yesterday there were between 30 and 40 horses and mints engaged driving it away to be used as 'manure. On Sunday forenoon during the tremendous storm a brig, afterwards ascertained tole a foreign vessel, country un- known, name Napoleon, was observed in the bay. She car ried no flag of distress. When nearly opposite the Castle, and about two miles off, her course was changed towards the shore, Shortly after it wes observed that she suddenly changed her course again, and it seemed as if the crew had completely lost command of her, and she drifted rapidly before the wind down the bay, in a southerly direction, and ran direct in on the rocks, a short distance to the east of Boar-hills Harbour, about half-past one o'clock in the aLernoon, where she was tossed and creaked with the increased fury of the rising waves, till about half-past five, when she sank in deep water, carrying her crew with her. The gale which raged in the Forth on Saturday with such severity appears to have spent its fury before reaching Grangemouth, as, with the exception of a few trees and stacks being blown down, no damage to property is re ported. All the vessels in the roads rode out the storm in safety, and the foreign and coasting steamers wisely re frained from passing the ferries, remaining in St Margaret's Hope till yesterday morning, when the gale moderated. A Danish schooner, named the Karen Maria, ran before the gale from off Rotterdam, and reached this port in the short pace of 43 hours —about the usual time occupied by the steamers. Five of her sails were blown away. As the darkness set in on Sunday evening, seven or eight vessels were descried in the offing at Dunbar, labouring heavily in the agitated waters, and fears were entertained that they would not all ride out the storm in safety. Seve ral of them, evidently well manned, shaped their course for the lee side of the May Island, and were fortunate in get ting under its shelter. The critical state of a large steamer was for a long time an object of sad interest to the spectators who crowded the Castle Park and the headlands. She could make little or no use of her steam, and the small sail that she carried was unable to keep her from drifting nearer and nearer the shere. For a long time it appeared that there were only a few minutes between it and destruction, when fortunately the wind moderated, and it was enabled to weather the storm. It happened less fortunately with two other vessels, both of which went ashore to the westward of Tyne Lands, where the one from Arbroath was stranded previously. Ono is a French vessel, but we are unable to to say what the other is. We understand the crews of both were saved by the North Berwick Preventive Force. The weather yesterday had abated, but the sea was still running pretty high in the fere part of the day, but towards evening it gradually calmed down. Among the many articles that came down the Tyne on Sunday was a dog kennel, with a fine bitch in it, looking out upon the waste of waters, and holding a young whelp in her mouth. Much sorrow was expressed among the spectators that the poor animal could not be saved ; but as it was beyond reach, the kennel with its interesting inmates was carried out to sea, and lost sight of. Our Kelso correspondent, writing yesterday, says : — The Tweed and Teviot have been again brought down in high flood, the Teviot being particularly red and swollen. Large massy branches of trees and quantities of turnips whirling down in the flood told of the frightful devastation that must have been caused by the storm in the river uplands. The loss to farmer s a l ong t h e r i ver b an ks must be very serious, but we have not as yet learned of any injury to life or pro perty. Anglers have now prospects of excellent sport, on the falling in of this flood, during the remainder of the season, as besides cleaning the river bed the flood will have afforded opportunities (aided by the east wind) for the ascent of the multitudes of fish that were known to be wait ing for the upward run to their spawning beds. The rivers, which had fallen from about Oft on Sunday to 7ft, increased in volume again in the evening, but had fallen inconsider ably yesterday. Yesterday was calm and fair, but still watery looking. A terrific storm of rain and wind raged all Saturday and Sunday at Innerleithen. The rain fell in heavy showers, and at times the streets were running like rivers, Ihe Tweed, which had not fully subsided from the flood of Thursday, egain rose to a great height on Saturday, and continued to run in high flood all Sunday. The bordering haughs were overflown to a great extent, and for a while the road to Traquair was under water. As about all the damage a flood could do to the bridge in course of erection over the Tweed at Haughhead was done en Thursday,when all the planks within watermark were swept away, and the foundation of a pier which had just been newly dug filled up, the water swept over the works ou the present occasion harmlessly. The rainfall since Friday amounts to fully 2j inches. The recent north-easterly gale broke out with great vio lence on Arbroath and the neighbouring country. Saturday was the day of the weekly market, but the tempest of wind and rain was so severe that scarcely a person was to be seen on the streets, and little business was transacted. The rain reached its height on Sunday forenoon, when the Brothock came down in a flood, the like of which had not been wit nessed for many years. Ground floors in Panmure•street, Park- street, Gravesend, and Ladybridge - street wore fl Joded, and trees came tumbling down the stream, having bt.en blown down in the upper districts. Writing late on Saturday night, our lluntly correspon dent says :—The rains somewhat subsided on Friday, but have fallen with t intermission all day, and the rivers are again rapidly rising. The disastrous results of the flooding of the Burn of Rothes, Linkwood, Burn of Green and Glen- Grant, have been unprecedented since the great flood of 1829, when the village of Rothes was completely flooded. The continuation of the rains have again given rise to great anxiety, and the broken banks of the raging burns will leave a clear course for renewed and greater disaster. The Spey is in full flood, and the Lossie, Findhorn, Dulnan, and Fiddich are roaring from bank to brae. Saturday was one of the stormiest days at Auchterarder we have had this reason. Flom early morning till noon on Sunday the storm continued to rage with unabated fury, bringing with it deluging showers of rain and sleet, which, by overflowing the side drains and flooding cellars, did con siderable damage. Field labour was at a stand, and it was not without danger that pedestrians passed along the streets. The Earn, Ruthv en, Machany, and Allan were in flood, and brought down a vast amount of debris, consisting of trees torn up by the roots, fences, gates, foot-bridges, &c. The Grampians and the Ochils, on the higher summits, are covered with snow.—Scotsman of yesterday. Shortly after 5 o'clock on Sanday night a most exciting scene occurred at Tynemouth. About that time a schooner, the John Slater, of Barrow, from Hamburg, in ballast, was taking the harbour, when the wind fell off, and there was some difficulty with a ship which was before her which had broken her tow-rope. The consequence was that the John Slater drifted on to the ridge of rocks under the Spanish battery, and grounded. The North and South Shields life boats were pulled down, and after some delay the Tyne mouth lifeboat was got out of the haven ; but from the po sition of the vessel, well up on the rocks, none of these boats could approaeh her to take off the crew. The apparatus for rescuing life was brought down to the rocks by the Coastguard, and two lines were fired over the vessel, but from some cause or other the crew were unable to use them. In this dilemma a most gallant act was performed by Ed ward Fry, his son William, his nephew James, William Ferguson, and Edward Tavassor. With assistance they carried a small boat, the California, which drew less water than the lifeboats, from Prior's haven to the Spanish bat tery rocks, and launched her, and then with stout hearts the same brave fellows manned her, and pulled her out to the vessel, They,succeeded in taking off the crew and a little boy seven years of age, the son of the master.—New castle Chronicle . SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—As the election of the American Presi dent is made in the month of November, those State elections which take place in October of the year of the much greater contest are considered certain indications of its result. It is assumed that the party which carries its " ticket" for State officers or members of Congress will be able to retarn ass delegates who will nominate the new President. In theory, the body thus chosen is supposed to be an Electoral College, with a power of selection to be exercised in favour of the best or fittest man. The principle appeared sound enough. But it was soon discovered it did not work in practice ; and the Electoral College has long been composed of dele gates merely, who strictly carry out the views of the party by whom they are appointed. There is not the slightest chance of any delegate nominated by the Republican party voting for the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. When the side that has the majority in the returns of these elections by the different States is known, the success of whoever is agreed upon as the candidate of that party is as certain as any future event can well be. Hence the interest felt in the local elections occur ring so shortly before the more important conflict. Three Northern States—Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana—elect their representatives in the Federal Congress on the same day every year. But every fourth election is observed with the most intense anxiety throughout the Federation. The 12th of October is the day on which men may read some distinct signs of the coming time. At sunset on that day the telegraph flashes to every city of the Union, or what is left of it, the triumph of the party that has "carried its ticket" for Congress. To the uninitiated it does not immediately appear why the event that has no legal bearing whatever on the election of President should be so closely associated with it. But the party leaders and " wire-pullers" know all the importance of the result. The French adage that " Nothing succeeds like success," is no where so well understood as in America. In these State elections fortune throws up the earliest sig nals that point out the side likely to win. To th .t side there is an instant accession of strength, while its opponents feel proportionately discouraged. The party that on the 13th of October is secure as to the fate of its " ticket" can and does say, " We have carried the State for the Presidency." As the Asia sailed on the 13th the result of the polling in three such lsrge States could not be known with certainty. It requires some time to make up the returns, the reports of the party committees vary, a scrutiny is sometimes necessary, and some days may elapse before the real decision reaches New York. But the rough calculation. which is all we have received by this mail, is more frequently right tban 'wron4. O i these'occasitens . there seems to be no need of the tedious exactitude_ of figures. The one fact,, which whole communities are waiting to hear, appears to come on the wind: All intelligence afterwards received is generally no more than the confirmation. In this election probably there has been less doubt as to the result than in 1860, The Republican party is stronger than ever, and the Democrats, deprived of all support in the Southern States, and divided by their own folly in the North, are less capable of effectual opposition. Still, the official party cannot afford to give many points to its adverserf, and all the State elections that occur during the next month will be real trials of strength• In Ohio and Indiana the reports give the majorities to the Republicans; and there is no valid reason for doubting their correctness. In Pennsylvania the result is spoken of with less confidence. Here the Democrats have gained largely on their last vote,we presume ; but as the Pennsylvanian regiments will vote in whatever camp they happen to be, the re. turns from the armies in the field must be received before the true issue is known. This seems to indi cate a rather close contest, and that the Goverment is less popular in this great commercial and manu facturing State than might be supposed from its Protective policy. It is unlikely that the Quaker 1 element in the population may have modified that savage advocacy of the war prevalent elsewhere. Four years' experience of such horrors ought to have had some effect on rational beings. But we should not be inclined to allow the pacific principles of the Friends much weight in the present contest, because in all probability the pockets of the " drab" men have gained largely by the war. Oa the whole these returns are favourable to the prospects of Mr Lin coln, though in one State the poll appears to have been very close, and in the two others the vic tory is claimed by both parties. A similar claim is made in almost every election, and in some cases may be maintained for some hours or even days. But unless the full returns disprove the first reports to an unprecedented degree, we must give the benefit of any doubt to the party of the Govern ment. It is fortunate for Mr Lincoln that his to be or not to be cannot remain a question long. The lucky gale of military success that lifted him off the shoal on which ho was grounded some weeks since has varied several points, and for the moment cau -1 not be called favourable. Mr Stanton has ominously little to report from Petersburg, and the news ar riving from other quarters is not so assuring as the Cabinet at this juncture could wish it. Some of the reports denote that more than one Federal comment. der sees there aro difficulties round him. Sherman is obliged to admit that the Confederates under General Hood are in his rear and had destroyed seven miles of the railroad to Chattanooga, on which the Federal forces depended for their supplies. But having " plenty of provisions in Atlanta, he feels secure so far as his main army is concerned." If he ca❑ feel secure under such circumstances, he is an officer of great equanimity. The condition he de. scribes reads as if some portion of his army was the reverse of secure, and that the main body was sur rounded and shut in. An invading army besieged by its enemy is at least reduced to inaction till it can change the position of affairs. And as the Confederates can receive supplies from many points, and the one road on which Sherman depended is in hosfile possession, we should think his condition cannot be perfectly described by the term "secure." Indeed, Sherman himself expresses some apprehen sions that the Confederates would become more active in Georgia than they had lately shown them selves. At the moment he wrote his anticipation had been realised. They had occupied Dalton and recaptured Rome, taking three thousand prisoners with the town. The telegrams are contradictory in their statements ; bat by comparing them, and allowing for . the present necessity of making the war intelligence as favourable as possible for the Northern public, we can draw some conclusions not very wide, probably, of the facts. We infer that General Price is still threatening the State of Missouri ; that a convoy of Federal transports, protected by gunboats, has been severely handled on the Tennessee river, also an incident of un favourable significance to Sherman ; another Fede ral expedition against some ealtworks in East Vir ginia has been defeated and failed of its purpose. To balance these minor checks and reverses, one great and complete Federal success is recorded. Rut we doubt if a full description of the achieve ment would excite any applause or be approved by any assembly of Christian men, unless party hatred had converted them into demons. The incident tells for little on the issue of the Civil War, but it gives a terrible illustration of the spirit in which it is carried on. By an order from General Grant the Federal force under Sheridan, which has pursued the Confederate army down the Valley of the She - nandoab, has turned northward again. But in re turning it has devastated the whole of the valley, from Brook's Gap, the most southerly► point it reached, to Strasburg, its present quarters. A - track of fertile country, 60 miles in length, with an average breadth of 40, between the Blue Ridge and the North Mountains, is burnt into a wilder ness. We hope the General has exaggerated the extent of the destruction of which he has been the instrument, but he reports that 2,000 barns and 70 mills, stored with corn and forage, meal, and implements of agriculture, have been given t.) the flames. One of his men was shot in carrying his order into effect, and in retaliation "every dwelling within a radius of five miles from the spot where he fell" was burnt. Comment on such an atrocity is needless. Some physiologists have asserted that the Americans have gradually acquired something of the Red Indian cast of countenance. Can the spirit of the savage have also entered into them ? But if the war is to go on thus it will be the modern disgrace of mankind. The destruction of what invaders spare, if even for their own sake, looks more like desperation of success than a reason ing confidence. The Federate must have given up the hope of possessing in future the soil they ravage. Nemo sic vastat sua. HERALD.—The halcyon days are over. The sun crossed the line on its southern journey a month ago, and already the British Isles are echoieg with the hoarse tumult of the tempest. Many a dark night is before us, and many a gloomy day. For those who have kith and kin upoa the waters many a pang may be in store, and many a fear, before the days again grow long, and the gales of winter are once more laid to rest. Oar isles are not moored in still waters. The Atlantic comes heaving in upon the Irish coast, and forces the accumulated tide up our narrow seas and shallow straits. Northward and eastward come cutting blasts from the German Ocean, the Baltic, and the Arctic circle. The gale from the south-west catches our homeward.bound ships on a lee-shore, and snakes havoc of many a noble craft in sight of home. At sunset the sailor sees the steeple on the hill, and at night long rows of glittering lamps are seen sparkling beyond the foam, just coming into sight as the vessel leaps to the summit of the wave, and lost to view again as she dips into the hollow of the sea. But when the night is gone, and morning breaks upon the scene, the ship is found wrecked upon the reef, and the crew are either rolling dead amid the shors)s or have barely escaped by the kindly aid of some well manned lifeboat. Many such tales will be told ere the winter fires are quenched and the swallows ree visit our shores. Or we may tell how the fitful wind, having raged from the south-west, veers round, " according to its circuits," and the keen " nor'- easter" raves hoarsely on the Northumberland coast, while the shipping of the Tyne and the fleets of fishing craft go scrambling pell-mell into harbour or are dashed in pieces beneath the rugged cliffs. In every storm there is a lee-shore for somebody, and we are sure to find wrecks on one side of the island or the other. Sailors are said to be a careless race, and they almost need be. A calculating man would hardly plough the sea for his bread. But what would England be worth without her merchant navy ? Thousands of vessels, millions of tons, and some two hundred thousand men, represent the mercantile marine of the United Kingdom. Pity it is that of this noble fleet so many should be shattered and destroyed in a single year. Every month has its disasters, but in the winter the danger is increased and the havoc becomes terrible. Two thousand wrecks strewed our shores last year —some no doubt foreigners, but most of them our own. About one voyage in a hundred seems to necessitate a catastrophe; and, according to the ex perience of 1863, the last three months of the year are the most fatal. In twelve months we sacrifice between six and seven hundred lives, in addition to all the property that is cast away. As we increase our fleet so we multiply our casualties, though the intervention of the lifeboat service appears to dimi nish the number of lives which are lost in this way. At the commencement of the present century it was estimated that 365 ships were lost every year— just one a day. In 1830 it appeared by Lloyd's 'tete that no less than 677 British vessels were totally lost, under various circumstances, in the course of that year. In 1852 a thousand vessels were wrecked and 920 lives were sacrificed: Now we have made our wrecks 2001, though the loss of life is under 700. Numbers fluctuate very much from year to year ; but by taking a series of years we find that wrecks are on the increase, and that our monarchy of the seas is of a very limited character. We are yearly casting a greater amount of treasure into the sea; and of all the brave ships that are sent out of the builder's yard only a remnant is found to die what may be called a natural death. Some day or other—or. rather, on come wild, dark night—the weather-beaten ship is cast away, and her broken hull is shattered past redemption. Some perish early, in the prime of their vigour, like the Ontario, whelmed in the treacherous sands on her first voyage ; while others live long, and die a violent death in their old age. Here and there a vessel mysteriously disappears, and after being long over due is scratched from the list as hopelessly missing. She sailed, was spoken with, and heard of no more. Wives and mothers waited-till hope would sustain them no longer, and then reluctantly donned their garb of mourning, wishing in vain that the greedy sea would render up its dead. Taus death levies toll for our journeys on the sea. We pay heavily, and suffer much. There are fears as well as losses, and the former torment us nearly as much as the latter. Wat can be done to break this tyranny of the waves and to give us safety on the Bea ? It is inevitable that ships must be wrecked and voyagers drowned, year by year, and almost day by day ? Can no amount of skill or precaution change the aspect of affairs ? Why should every storm devour its victims, and why should we feel assured whenever the wind howls in the chimney of the homestead that some brave hearts are battling vainly for life against the fury of the blast ? Must death reign triumphant on the ocean and mock our boast that we hold the sceptre of the seas ? We build big ships; but the biggest come to grief. We invoke the aid of steam and set ourselves against wind and tide—but the noblest of our steamers are liable to fail amid the tumult and the storm. The ocean still prevails, and wind and water seem to triumph alike over our finest mechanism and our mightiest arks. The Royal Charter was as thoroughly wrecked in 1859 as an ordinary collier on the coast of Durham. Still there can be no doubt that many a ship is cast away through being in efficiently equipped. Some owners are poor—others who are not poor are miserly—other, who are net. ther one nor the other in particular, are careless ; and thus it comes to pass that many a vessel puts to sea in a plight which places her at the mercy of the first storm that breaks upon her_ Many of our coasting vessels are in this condition—many are old and worn out ; but as long as they can be kept afloat they go to sea,until they can get caught in an ugly squall, and either founder on the offing or tame ble to pieces on the rocks. In such a fashion as this we see that men tempt their fate, and there can be no doubt that if all vessels were in proper trim and well manned, the lee-shore would oftener be es caped and the grim story of " shipwreck with loss of life " would not have to be told so frequently as it is. Looking the coming winter expectantly in the face, what may we calculate upon as to the efficiency of scientific appliances for protecting our sailors against disaster ? Are these appliances really forthcoming, or do they mainly exist in theory ? Are we practically any better than our forefathers ? It is right that we should stud our shores with lifeboats ; but lifeboats mean wreck, and peril, and every disaster short of death. Will not the barometer and the electric telegraph warn our seamen of the coming gale, so that they may keep a bold offing or seek a timely shelter, and thereby evade the more imminent perils of the storm ? What a drop the barometer gave the other day ! Yet when the winds blew they caught a crowd of vessels in the very jaws of death, and forced them to a flight which was replete with danger aad more or less disastrous to several. Of course it is easier to give warning than to get the warning obeyed, We may believe that Admiral Fitzroy is correct in saying that his storm signals have already saved many lives and a great amount of property. If his warnings are tolerably correct, and men have any sense at all, the signals must be of service. We would indeed hope that this most important and practical department of meteorology will be developed with increasing success, so as to enable our sailors to anticipate the perils which might otherwise seize them unawares. There is the more need for this as the Government shows a strange unwillingness to promote the establishment of harbours of refuge, as if afraid of making safety objectionably cheap. Then there is the question of fog signals, without which our lighthouses are liable to prove useless in certain states of the weather. So far as lighthouses themselves are concerned, we trust they are well looked to. Science can yet do much more to trim their lamps. Dungeness is flashing forth its electro magnetic rays, and the same contrivance is needed on many a dangerous headland of our irregular coast. And before we lay down our pen we think of Daunt's Rock, and should like to know whether it is blown up, or has got its boll buoy, or is otherwise rendered tolerably harmless for the future. These are some of the cone siderations which press upon us when we turn our thoughts towards the sailor and anticipate the storms of winter. Great are the perils of the deep, and much do we owe to the hardy mariners who battle with the storm while we are rejoicing in the social comforts of our own fireside. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—During the week ending October 22 the visitors have been as follow :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 9,181; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (students' days, admission to the public 61), open from 10 a,m. to 5 p.m., 1,633; total, 10,817, From the opening of the museum, 4,910,605. Travelling in the Isle of Skye. A correspondent in a contemporary says : As a Skye man, I cannot help deploring the circumstances mentioned by " A Tourist in the Highlands," but at the same time do think that his letter ought not to be allowed to pass without comment, Everyone who knows anything about travelling is aware that in almost all places frequented by tourists there is a set of hangers-on—idle fellows who are in the habit of striking as hard a bargain as they pos sibly can. Had " A Tourist in the Highlands" consulted Mr Mackenzie, the innkeeper at Broadford, where, I pre sume, the party passed the night, Mr Mackenzie would have done to him as he had done to hundreds of others — have put him into proper hands. But what is the most unaccountable part of the whole affair is that a party of six men should go to visit Coruisk, one of the most arduous excursions that a tourist can make, and for which a Midsummer day is not too long, without either meat or drink, for the "Tourist" said that at 7 o'clock in the evening he had not tasted any refresh ment for 12 hours. This negligence is almost unparal leled, for one of the party was a Highlander who understood the Gaelic, and was even armed with a dirk. Now, sup posing they had no guidebook—a very extraordinary thing indeed, nor even had taken the ordinary precaution of ask ing Mr Mackenzie, of Broadford, or any other gentleman there, where they could obtain refreshment on the waY , how did it come to pass that the Gaelic• speaking friend never put the question to either of the two parties of boat men who at different stages conducted them? In truth, the whole affair is most inexplicable. The conduct of the boatmen is easily accounted for. Far be it from me to palliate a breach of faith in Highlanders or others ; but the simple truth is that tourists are in the habit of putting aboard the boat at Torrin provisions, such as oatcake, cold mutton, &c., and whisky, which last, it seems, our tourists in this instance, supplied. When this was not the case the men went indeed, but broke out into open mutiny as soon as they began to feel the pangs of hunger. They looked upon the provisions as part of the contract, and, when these were not furn;shed, by an after consideration they struck out for more pay. As to a " Tourist in the Highlands , " stating that, fortunately for them, one of the party was fur nished with a dirk, all I can say is that it is a poor, weak remark. and seems to have been a continuation of that halo lucination which represented before him an inn, all lighted and hospitable, when his brain was dizzy with hunger and fatigue. It is true that the men of Skye have been long famous for taking life, but it was on a hundred fields of battle. I, too, have had my bitter experiences of Coruisk. On a Friday, in July, 1860, I went from Dunvegan to Rhuanduo nen with the object of going on the following day to Coruisk and crossing thence to Sligachan. In the morning I was furnished with a guide, and before starting my flask wee filled with choice Carbost, and in one of the pockets of my overcoat I found a supply of biscuit and cheese. For all this I was indebted to the kindness and consideration of Miss Macaskill, daughter of my venerable host. On the way I talked Gaelic to my guide, and found him to be sowed what of a " softy," and I afterwards understood that he was called par excellence " fearanach" or " the man," u° doubt in irony. The walk from Rhue to Coruisk, though arduous, is magnificent. From a plateau skirting the brow of the southern Cullens may be seen far below the little island of Soa, which, though a considerable distance from Skye, seems so near that one might almost fancy he could jump upon it. The approach to Coruisk from this side is by far the most imposing, much more so than that by sea ; for the traveller from the brow of a mountain comes all at once on a bird's-eye view of Scavaig and Loch Coruisk. Afterwards he may descend at leisure and exa mine more minutely the configuration of the place. To the shores of Coruisk we got all well, and;sat down to biscuit and grog and to rest our weary limbs. Then commenced our ascent of the Cullens, on our way to Sligachan. My guide, instead of showing the way, was himself making his way. At last we got so high that on the same elevation on the opposite side—the side looking to the north and thus sheltered from the sun—there were heaps of snow, although it was then the height of midsummer. At last we came t o a cliff, where it was necessary to take hold of a projecting rock and swing across. My guide passed, but when I tried I turned dizzy and had to stop. After this I saw nothing of my guide nor even heard his voice until I met him two days afterwards at Sligachan. fie left me in that strait and went his way. The innkeeper at Sligachan at early dawn sent him to look for my body and to secure me from having my eyes picked out by the carrion crows. But as for me, after waiting a whole hour, thinking that the fearanach was only searching for a safe way, and that he would never think of leaving me in that predicament, I thought it high time to descend. First of all I tried a short cut, for I got nervously anxious to get down; but the only result of that was to get my hands cut, and to be nearly dashed to pieces on the rocks beneath. It was with much care that I at last succeeded by following, as near as pa. sible, the path by which we ascended. When I got back to Coruisk it was 6 o'clock, and although I had plenty of day' light before me yet the mists began to descend, and I knew very well that a Skye mist was as bad as pitchy darkness. To add to my misfortunes nay provisions were in my ove r* coat, and it was in possession of my rascally guide. I had e however, my flask, and it is to that circumstance alone that I am enabled to give you this account. Ater a consultation aloud with myself on the shores of Coruisk I came to the conclusion that my only chance. of safety was to go.back to Rhue. The distance was 12 miles," and , under ani circumstances is as fatiguing as 20 miles, 'and to 1 1109 then, as bad as 40 miles; besides I was far from certain that I could make my way back, for having been of the determinate purpose to gu that day to Sligachan I took no notice of landmarks by the way. Then commenced a journey such as few men ever undertook and survived. The ascent in the first instance was especially exhausting, and when I got up it was to lie down. After a time I set out again, but could not get above 100 yards, when I must rest. At the same time a burning thirst seized me, which made me drink at every rivulet. Darkness was coming on apace• My exhaustion now became so great that I looked out for spot to lie down and thus pass the night. My mind, strange to say, was as active as ever, and when I felt a stupor coming over me something within me told me that if I suc cumbed to it I must perish. I shook it off, started to ray foe t and went on with a desperate resolve, which at last landed me half dead in the hospitable house of Rhuandunen. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. There was a good attendance of both town and counfri dealers at market to-day, and the business done was of a more active character. Wheat sold fairly, at the prices of last Tuesday, the decline of Friday having been recovered. I ' 4 ° change in flour. Oats and oatmeal may be quoted at about Friday's prices. Indian corn finds more buyers, and full 3d higher. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered. LEEDS—TUESDAY. There was a mt.derate show of English grain at onr market this week. The demand for wheat to-day .w 4 ' not brisk, and millers have to purchase at previous prices- Barley about the same as last week. Beans and oats wer e easier to buy. Averages—Oct. 24—Wheat 39s 9d per qr. —Oats . 22s 101 d --- - —Beans 38s 10d —Peas ..34s Old —Barley 31s 81d —Rye ... —s Od MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. Wheat came freely to hand, but the demand has bees languid, at about recent currencies. No other alteratiou. —The following wore the currencies :—Now white wlie 3t o 40s Od to 44s Od ; new red, 37s Od to 40s per 36 steno; beans, 38s to 42s for old ; new sorts, 35s to 37s per 38 st. ; barley, —s to —s for malting, and 27s to 29s per qr, for grinding; new oats, 20s to 25s Od per 24 stone; old, 24e to 295. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. The market was moderately attended, but both millers and factors bought slowly, and trade was dull at previous rates. Flour, barley, oats, and other articles maintained late prices. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to' 16s 0 White 9 f , ...17s Od to 18s Od New red ~.158 Od to 165.0 d New white ~ It ~.16s 6d to 175 0 : 1 , Beans , , lf ... 15s 6d to 160 0a Peas, per qr Grinduic. barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ Oats , I Flour, is 5d to is 10d per 14 1b 2423 . 028288::°°:dd Ito; 423346625:8 °OOl Births. DicKsorr.—On the 22d inst., at Edinburgh, the Hon. NW /. D. S. Dickson, of a son. Inmr,—On the 23d inst., at The Grange, Taplow, the 1 14 Mrs. Irby, of a son. RENDLESHAM.—On the 22d inst., at 42. Grosvenor-squ ares, Lady Rendlesham, of a daughter. STORMONT.—On the 25th inst., at 29, Charles-street , MO' fair, the Viscountess Stormont, of a son. Marriage& BROWN—CLAnx.--On the 20th inst., at Christ Churclit Clifton, William Wreford Brown, Esq., of Caledonia' place, Clifton, to Clara Jane, eldest daughter of the late Henry Clark, Esq., of Berkeley-square, Bristol. REEVE—GOODA.LL.—On the 20th inst. at Stokenchur ebt Frederick Reeve, Esq., Captain 73d Regt., to Mary, ealY, daughter of the late Major Goodall, Royal llegt.l" Itenny Hill, Fifeshire. Deaths. EMMERSON.—On the 24th inst., Agnes, tho wife of Joh n Eminerson, Esq., of 8, St. Ann's-road, North Bristont aged GO. GODWIN.—On tho 24th inst., at Bath, Henry Godwin' Esq., J. 1 3., aged 87. GREIG.—On the 23d inst., at Tooting, William G r eigs Esq., merchant, of White Hatt-court, Lombard - st reets aged 75. GRIPPER.—On the 24th inst., at Hertford, J. J. Gripper. aged 60. SALT.—On the 24th inst., Thomas Fosbrooke Salt, BoT° of Stapenhill House, Burton-on-Trent, aged 56. WETHERELL —On the 23d inst., at Heyford War ren ' Oxon, the Rev. Wm. Wetherell, 8.C.L,, aged 49. London: PrinZed and Pvt.:tailed by WILLIAM A.ND R EVS. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'DIE SUN Office N° ' 11-1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, n AlikiJlesex,—Wednesday, October 26, 1861, t h e County QI